捆绑SM社区 Cares: The Care of the Older Person
Join us on聽April 21, 2021聽at noon for the next webcast in our biweekly series,聽捆绑SM社区 Cares, designed to support informal caregivers. During candid, 30-minute interviews with leading experts, Claire Webster, Alzheimer Care Consultant and Founder of the 捆绑SM社区 Dementia Education Program, will explore topics related to caring for a loved one with dementia.
The Care of the Older Person 鈥 An Invaluable Resource for Care Providers
Thanks to extraordinary advances in technology and medicine, humans are living longer than ever before, and are shifting the demographic makeup on a worldwide scale. As a result, more of us are living and engaging with an aging population in both our personal and professional lives, and there is a heightened demand for concrete research and advice for how to best provide care for this growing demographic.
The Care of the Older Person brings together some of today鈥檚 most experienced professionals to provide concrete answers to care providers of all kinds, from the administrators and health care professionals who operate and staff health care facilities and housing for seniors, to the spouses, friends and children who care for them informally. Most importantly, this book is also for seniors who want to feel empowered at this stage of their life.
Drs. Jos茅 Morais, Serge Gauthier, Abraham Fuks and Ronald Caplan will join Claire Webster to discuss the latest edition of The Care of the Older Person and their contributions to the 4th edition of this book which is now available on Amazon.
- Dr. Jos茅 Morais is a Professor in the 捆绑SM社区 Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Director of the Division of Geriatric Medicine, Lead of the Dementia Education Program at 捆绑SM社区, and Co-Director of Quebec Network for Research on Aging.
- Dr. Abraham Fuks is a Professor of Medicine and a former Dean of in the 捆绑SM社区 Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences.
- Dr. Serge Gauthier is the Director of the Alzheimer Disease Research Unit at the 捆绑SM社区 Centre for Studies in Aging, and a Professor in the Departments of Neurology & Neurosurgery, Psychiatry, Medicine at 捆绑SM社区.
- Dr. Ronald Caplan is Clinical Associate Professor Emeritus Obstetrics and Gynecology at Weill Medical College of Cornell University and a medical author.
- Claire Webster is a Certified Alzheimer Care Consultant, Certified Professional Consultant on Aging, as well as a conference speaker and educator in the field of caring for an individual with dementia. She contributed a chapter titled 鈥淣avigating the journey of dementia as a caregiver鈥.
This webcast is free and open to the public.
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